I couldn't be more thankful for all that my mother has done for me. Who I am today was greatly influenced by her example and love. Happy Mother's Day mom!

since we didn't bring any furniture for our apartment here, the company that kevin works for furnished our apartment for us. it was so nice to not have to worry about bringing our furniture, but that means you get what you get which included an ugly arm chair - not pictured. since we had to fit everything into our two-door car, we barely brought anything to decorate our apartment. so i found a few ways to add personality to our new home to make it feel more home-y!

photos from our travels: puerto rico, san fransisco, st. thomas US Virgin Islands
planted succulents: glass bowl from michaels 
white frames: walmart
new glasses: rayban
book: Blog Inc.

it's definitely been an adjustment having kevin work long hours all day. i wake up early in the morning with him to help make breakfast and pack his lunch. then i don't see him until it's dark! i treasure the time i have with him on the weekends. although it's hard not being able to spend much time with him, it's such a blessing to be living here. we are surrounded by such wonderful people and who can complain when it's beautiful weather here?! 

at first we were worried about going to the zoo because of the predicted rainy weather, but we decided to go anyway and got lucky! the sun came out a few times while we were there so it was nice and shady most of the time. i love going to the zoo! we had such a fun time seeing the different exhibits. we couldn't stop laughing at the talking parrot! he kept saying "Hello! How are you?" and he would mimic cat "meows" as people walked by. i recorded it on my vine (@andreabrionne) but i'm not sure how to link it on here, so add me on vine! after visiting the zoo we went out to lunch at Panera Bread. it's been so fun getting to know all the wives that are on the selling team. i'm excited to explore more around sacramento! anyone have any places that we should know about?